Menstrual cups will be available online and in stores in Taiwan on February 17th earliest.
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/02/09
By: Maggie Huang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – After 20 months of waiting, the Food and Drug Administration
The menstrual cup is classified as second-grade medical equipment by the FDA in Taiwan, which can only be sold by businesses that are licensed to sell medical equipment, and factories need to obtain a GMP certification to manufacture the product.
A 34-year-old entrepreneur Vanessa Tseng raised a crowdfunding campaign for Taiwan’s first domestically-made menstrual cup “Formoonsa Cup”. She said that she came up with the Formoonsa Cup project when she noticed that Taiwanese women have a very limited choice of menstrual products, and they cannot purchase the menstrual cup online and can only buy them for self-use if they purchase them overseas due to the current ban. [FULL STORY]